Senior Splunk Security Specialist Contract

Client: Government
Type: Contract
Role: Senior Splunk Security Specialist
Term: 1 Year + extension option
Pay Rate: $Open
Start date: 2-3 weeks
Location: Toronto / Hybrid
Req ID: RQ08451

Requirements: What you’ll need
Skills, Knowledge, Experience, and Qualifications:

Description
Primary responsibilities for administration and development & integration support for Splunk Cloud. Develops, recommends, implements, and manages the technical architecture (hardware, software, database, and communications) which will be used for all or specific applications in a large, distributed cross-platform environment. Responsibilities also include the identification of relevant information and the determination of the environment, which will be used for development.

In this role the Senior Splunk Security Specialist will:

·       Provide engineering and operational support for the Splunk Cloud Security Incident and Event Management (SIEM) platform. This includes assisting with the implementation and support of SPLUNK Cloud across multiple environments and varying OS types.
·       Provide integration support and development effort on design related changes or introduction of new business requirements to Splunk Cloud.
·       Support ongoing work efforts to develop and administer Splunk Cloud can continue as new requirements, functionality or integration is required to enable our modern enterprise security monitoring program and target state operating model within the current project timelines.

Advanced knowledge and experience with Security Information & Event Management technology:

SIEM:
SPLUNK Cloud (Must)
Azure Sentinel

Cloud Infrastructure:
·       Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
·       Platform as a Service (PaaS)
·       Software as a Service (SaaS)

Agile Project Delivery
·       Experience working on agile project delivery teams. Working experience with:
·       Backlog
·       User stories
·       Scrum
·       Sprints

Security Operations Experience
·       SIEM use case development, rationalization and configuration.
·       SIEM dashboard creation
·       Security operational process development and documentation (playbooks/runbooks)
·       MITRE Framework

Previous Public Sector Experience
·       Previous public sector work experience is considered a positive

Must Haves:

·       SIEM knowledge with Azure Sentinel and/or Splunk Cloud
·       Experience with SIEM dashboard creation and MITRE Framework
·       Operational experience – use case development and configuration.

PREFERRED SKILLS

SIEM + Azure Sentinel + Splunk Cloud + MITRE Framework

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Matt Dawson is hiring for this position.

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